...too small a thing...: Are You a "Get it Done" Person?

Scotty Davis

Scotty Davis is a Mission Consultant, a Biblical Counselor and a Police Chaplain. Scotty is married to Kathy since 1974 and they have 4 children.
Isaiah 49:6 tells the prophet he is to be a light to the nations, and so should each of us that know the grace of the Lord. This is indeed the greater task to which we should aspire. Isaiah was shortsighted and thought he was only a minister to the Hebrews but God said that task was ...Too Small A Thing... and that He would be a witness to the enitre earth. And so he wrote a book we read 2700 years later.

Are You a "Get it Done" Person?

I once heard a saying that there are three kinds of people....

Those who watch things happen...
Those who make things happen...
And Those who don't know what happened.

Which are you? I guess we would all want say that we are a number 2. But are we really? What kind of things are you causing to come about. Are you a source of energy for the Work of the Lord Jesus Christ? Are you a person people turn to when they want something done? When there is a problem is your first thought let me see what I can do? or Who am I going to call to do this or fix this for me?

I am a get it done person on many things, but not on cars or trucks or my motorcycle. For the most part if I have a problem here I have to take it to somebody with the tools and experience to "get it done." I am blessed that before I was in the ministry I was in construction and so there is very little on a house with which I am not familiar. So with patience and practice most task around the home do not scare me or intimidate me, and I can with time and enough extra dollars "get it done" on work around the house. I know how to make biscuits and gravy and corn bread so I will not go hungry if I have to "get it done" in the kitchen. Now these things are important, but in reality not the most important.

The most important "get it done" is in the home is serving the Lord. To get that job done consider a couple of things.

14“Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15“If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:14-15 NASB

This is what Joshua challenged the children of Isarel with over 3000 years ago but it is still the "Get it done" that really matters the most. We have people serving self, choosing and serving many different gods in the USA today. Who are you serving? I believe as the leader of my family it is my task to "Get it done." Leading my family to know and love and serve the Lord.

OK....So when it comes to spiritual leadership in your home are you a #1, a #2, or a #3?

January 25, 2012 at 05:58 AM | Permalink

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